CMAKE: how to include and link alternative libraries? - boost

Question

My project need four libraries including MPI, BOOST, VTK and SQLITE3. Since BOOST and SQLITE3 are too old, I installed new version of the two libraries and the old version are not uninstalled:
BOOST # alternative BOOST
|___include
|___lib
|
SQLITE # alternative SQLITE
|___bin
|___include
|___lib
|___share
|
Mypoject
|___src
| |___CMakeLists
| |___.cpp and .h file
|
|___CMakeLists
And I used FindSQLite3.cmake to find the alternative SQLite3:
# Look for the header file.
FIND_PATH(SQLITE3_INCLUDE_DIR sqlite3.h /export/home/hh/hh/sqlite/include)
# Look for the library.
FIND_LIBRARY(SQLITE3_LIBRARY sqlite3 /export/home/hh/hh/sqlite/lib)
# Handle the QUIETLY and REQUIRED arguments and set SQLITE3_FOUND to TRUE if all listed variables are TRUE.
INCLUDE(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS(SQLITE3 DEFAULT_MSG SQLITE3_LIBRARY SQLITE3_INCLUDE_DIR)
# Copy the results to the output variables.
IF(SQLITE3_FOUND)
SET(SQLITE3_LIBRARIES ${SQLITE3_LIBRARY})
SET(SQLITE3_INCLUDE_DIRS ${SQLITE3_INCLUDE_DIR})
ELSE(SQLITE3_FOUND)
SET(SQLITE3_LIBRARIES)
SET(SQLITE3_INCLUDE_DIRS)
ENDIF(SQLITE3_FOUND)
MARK_AS_ADVANCED(SQLITE3_INCLUDE_DIRS SQLITE3_LIBRARIES)
I am trying to link alternative libraries by following lines:
# CMake version
CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED (VERSION 2.6)
SET(VERSION 0.1)
SET(SOVERSION 1)
# searching ENV{PATH} to find mpicc and
# store the path of mpicc to MPI_INTEL_C
FIND_PATH(MPI_INTEL_C mpicc $ENV{PATH})
# searching ENV{PATH} to find mpicxx and
# store the path of mpicc to MPI_INTEL_CXX
FIND_PATH(MPI_INTEL_CXX mpicxx $ENV{PATH})
IF(MPI_INTEL_C AND MPI_INTEL_CXX)
MESSAGE(STATUS "Intel MPI compiler is used.")
# set C++ complier as mpicxx, and set C complier as mpicc
SET(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER mpicxx)
SET(CMAKE_C_COMPILER mpicc)
ENDIF(MPI_INTEL_C AND MPI_INTEL_CXX)
find_package(VTK REQUIRED NO_MODULE)
IF(VTK_FOUND)
MESSAGE(STATUS "VTK IS USED")
include(${VTK_USE_FILE})
ELSE()
MESSAGE("VTK IS NOT FOUND")
ENDIF(VTK_FOUND)
list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "/export/home/hh/hh/iRoot-make/cmake")
FIND_PACKAGE(SQLite3 REQUIRED)
MESSAGE(STATUS "${SQLITE3_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
MESSAGE(STATUS "${SQLITE3_LIBRARY}")
# try to link boost--error
INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(/export/home/hh/hh/boost/include)
LINK_DIRECTORIES(/export/home/hh/hh/boost/lib)
find_package(MPI REQUIRED)
IF(MPI_FOUND)
MESSAGE(STATUS "MPI IS USED")
INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${MPI_INCLUDE_PATH})
ELSE()
MESSAGE("MPI IS NOT FOUND")
ENDIF(MPI_FOUND)
aux_source_directory(. DIR_SRCS)
ADD_EXECUTABLE(test ${DIR_SRCS})
#TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(iRoot)
# set location of binary generated by the program,
# here PROJECT_BINARY_DIR = DIR OF build
SET(EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/bin)
# set location of lib generated by the program
SET(LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/lib)
install(TARGETS test DESTINATION bin)
CMake could not find the alternative SQLite3, and could find the old version:
-- /usr/include
-- /usr/lib64/libsqlite3.so
but the new version is located at:
/export/home/hh/hh/sqlite/include
/export/home/hh/hh/sqlite/lib/libsqlite3.so
I am very new to CMAKE, please help me, thank you in advance!

Answer 1

I will explain this using boost as an example. This is how I have it done in my setup.
Let's assume the newer boost version is installed in:
/export/home/hh/hh/Boost/boost-1_60/boost/include/
/export/home/hh/hh/Boost/lib
Now in CMakeLists.txt add these paths to CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH and CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH:
LIST (APPEND CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH "/export/home/hh/hh/Boost/boost-1_60")
LIST (APPEND CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH "/export/home/hh/hh/Boost/lib)
Then call FindPackage mentioning the minimum required version and optionally the required library components which are built into .so:
FIND_PACKAGE (Boost 1.60 COMPONENTS "program_options" "log" "system" "filesystem" "thread" "python" REQUIRED)
This should work similarly for other libraries too.
Update:
Add to CMakeLists.txt paths to your custom cmake modules, for example the path where FindSQLite3.cmake is located:
LIST (APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${MAINFOLDER}/tools/share/cmake")
Then call: FIND_PACKAGE(SQLite3 REQUIRED)
Also remove: /export/home/hh/hh/sqlite/include and /export/home/hh/hh/sqlite/lib from FindSQLite3.cmake but have them added in a similar to boost way.

Answer 2

Instead of hardcoding these settings in the CMakeLists.txt you should change appropriate value in the cache (builddir/CMakeCache.txt). You can do this
manually
with cmake -D VARNAME=value .
with cmake GUI app